People

William Golding

Born: September 19, 1911 Saint Columb, Cornwall, England Died: June 19, 1993 Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England English author ...

Andy Goldsworthy

Artist Born July 25, 1956, in Cheshire, England; son of Fredrick Alan (a professor) and Muriel (Stanger) Goldsworthy; married Judith Elizabeth Gregson; children: James, Holl...

LIV Golf

Other

LIV Golf (/lɪv/ LIV) is a professional golf tour. The name "LIV" refers to the Roman numerals for 54, the score if every hole on a par-72 course were birdied and the

Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich

Austrian-born British writer and educator Ernst Gombrich (1909–2001) penned The Story of Art (1950), a textbook that dominated its field like fe...

Samuel Gompers

Born: January 27, 1850 London, England Died: December 13, 1924 San Antonio, Texas English-born American union leader and union organ...

Jane Goodall

Born: April 3, 1934 London, England English primatologist and scientist Jane Goodall was a pioneering English primatologist (a person who studies ...

Mal Goode

As a network news reporter, Malvin Russell Goode (1908–1995) was the first African American to hold a regular on-air job in the journalism field. He started out in radio news in Pi...

Drew and Myra Goodman

Founders of Earthbound Farm Born Drew Goodman, c. 1961; son of James Goodman (an art dealer); married Myra, 1986; children: Marea, Jeffrey. Born Myra Rubin, c. 1964; daughter ...

Benny Goodman

Born: May 30, 1909 Chicago, Illinois Died: 1986 New York, New York American musician, bandleader, and clarinetist Ben...

Mikhail Gorbachev

Born: March 2, 1931 Privolnoe, Russia Russian politician and president Mikhail Gorbachev achieved national recognition as member of the Communist ...

Michael Gordon

Hair stylist and executive Born c. 1951; son of a hairdresser; married (divorced); children: two. Education: Apprenticed at the salons of Rene of Mayfair a...

Al Gore

Born: March 31, 1948 Washington, D.C. American vice president, senator, and congressman Al Gore, U.S. representative, senator, and forty-fifth vice pre...

William Gottlieb

Born William Paul Gottlieb, January 28, 1917, in New York, NY; died of complications from a stroke, April 23, 2006, in Great Neck, NY. Photographer, jazz writer, and children's book author...

Jay Gould

Born: May 27, 1836 Roxbury, New York Died: December 2, 1892 New York, New York American financier and businessman Ame...

Stephen Jay Gould

Born: September 10, 1941 New York, New York Died: May 20, 2002 New York, New York American paleontologist, scientist, and author ...

Govia

Auto and Transport

Govia is a transport company based in the United Kingdom. It was formed in November 1996 as a joint venture between Go-Ahead Group (65%) and Keolis (35%) to bid for rail franc

Topher Grace

Actor Born Christopher Grace, July 19, 1978, in New York, NY. Education: Attended the University of Southern California, c. 1997-98. Address...

Brian Graden

March 23, 1963 • Hillsboro, Illinois President of programming, MTV and VH1 Brian Graden has the knack—the knack for knowing what twenty...

Brian Graden

President of Entertainment for MTV and VH1 Born March 23, 1963, in Hillsboro, IL. Education: Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, B.A, 1985; Harvard Busines...

Martha Graham

Born: May 11, 1894 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Died: April 1, 1991 New York, New York American dancer, choreographer, and teacher ...